Well, basically I was bored. I'd say I had (and maybe still have) a desire to prove myself, and the desire to see where my breaking point was. I was a really angry, hateful person, too. A few years later, I'm still not so sure I joined for any reason related to patriotism. At this point, I spend my days hunting people that just really need to die, and acting as a buffer between them and normal people is something that I feel good about. Military service has given me peace of mind in a way I never thought I'd have.

"No. Listen to me because I know what I'm talking about here." -- Hannibal

Well, basically I was bored. I'd say I had (and maybe still have) a desire to prove myself, and the desire to see where my breaking point was. I was a really angry, hateful person, too. A few years later, I'm still not so sure I joined for any reason related to patriotism. At this point, I spend my days hunting people that just really need to die, and acting as a buffer between them and normal people is something that I feel good about. Military service has given me peace of mind in a way I never thought I'd have.

Yeah, pretty much me too. It's like I always say - I did it for the free rifle.

Think of the narrator's encounter with the psychiatrist in "Alice's Restaurant" except for real.

Weirdly, now that I'm older and married I've also become oddly sentimental. So much so that being a Police Officer was hard for me. The caliber of asshole you deal with overseas can be so horrific that a plain old US criminal seems like a decent dude.

Yeah, pretty much me too. It's like I always say - I did it for the free rifle.

Think of the narrator's encounter with the psychiatrist in "Alice's Restaurant" except for real.

Weirdly, now that I'm older and married I've also become oddly sentimental. So much so that being a Police Officer was hard for me. The caliber of asshole you deal with overseas can be so horrific that a plain old US criminal seems like a decent dude.

Watching a bird go kinetic on a bunch of human traffickers through binocs was possibly the most poignant event of my life.

"No. Listen to me because I know what I'm talking about here." -- Hannibal